Chapter 4: Basic Operations
32 ADAT XT Reference Manual
READING THE DISPLAY
The XT’s display serves many functions. It shows the current level of each of the
eight audio tracks, it shows the current tape position numerically in hours, minutes,
seconds, and 100ths of seconds, and shows the current modes of the many
parameters available. It also is used as a window for editing parameters such as
pitch, track delay, tape offset, and locate points. With all segments lit (which would
not happen in normal operation), the display looks as follows:
When in a typical play situation, the display may look like this:
The meters show the current level of each playback track. Tracks 4 and 6 are both in
record (as indicated by the REC LEDs) and monitoring their inputs (as indicated by
the INPUT LEDs). The TIME counter (directly above the meters) shows the current
tape position, in this case relative to the user-defined 0:00:00.00 point (RELative
Time). The display example above indicates that the CLOCK is currently set to
INTernal and 48KHz, the AUTO INPUT MONitor is on, and the Analog input is
selected. The icon indicates that a tape is detected, and the LOCKED icon tells
us that playback is engaged.